by Stacy Booth | Aug 28, 2019 | 20th Century, Fall/Autumn, Historic Foodways, Preservation
This particular Historical Food Fortnightly Challenge was called “Eat Your Veggies” and, as you can guess, the focus is on dishes full of vegetables! So, in keeping with the theme of “Preserves” this month, I chose one preserve in particular...
by Stacy Booth | Aug 24, 2019 | 19th Century, Historic Foodways, Preservation, Summer
Our preserve adventure continues! I’m particularly excited about this receipt because it comes out of a cookbook that I was lucky to find in a rare cookbook store I found in my area! I was SOOOO excited when I found this one! And I got a really great deal for it...
by Stacy Booth | Aug 21, 2019 | 19th Century, Historic Foodways, Preservation, Summer
It’s peach season here in New England! And I’m so excited!!! There really is something about a freshly picked peach during the summer time. So juicy and sweet with an underlying sour note. A far cry from the ones that come at the end of spring from miles...
by Stacy Booth | Aug 17, 2019 | 19th Century, Beverages, Historic Foodways, Literary Quote, Summer
“Ma had sent them ginger-water. She had sweetened the cool well water with sugar, flavored it with vinegar, and put in plenty of ginger to warm their stomachs so they could drink till they were not thirsty. Ginger-water would not make them sick, as plain cold water...
by Stacy Booth | Aug 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Here it is! The recipe I teased you all about a week ago! I decided to take a bit of a break from the preserves and do something fresh! One of my favorite things about summer is getting fresh corn on the cob from the farm stand. I still have very vivid memories...
